"The magic core originally used to maintain the [Lost Mist] is no longer usable, and the alchemy array in the main control room has also been severely damaged..." Vittorio shook his head, his tone revealing deep fatigue.

"Is there no way to repair it?" Lynn asked puzzled.

"How can it be that easy?" Vittorio said unhappily. In the past two days, he had been mixing various alchemical materials, trying to repair the damaged magic circle, and his head was about to explode.

[Lost Mist] is not an ordinary legendary spell. Its range is astonishingly large, stretching over tens of thousands of square kilometers. It took a full nine months to set up this formation, and the resources consumed are incalculable.

It is not easy to find replacement materials and rearrange a legendary magic circle in a short period of time.

However, Vittorio has taken some remedial measures over the past few days. Now the white fog still permeates the sea, but it has lost its unique ability to block mental detection and make people lose their way.

With the help of the wandering 'Eye of Death' and the previous reputation of the Sea of ​​Mist, perhaps they could conceal the truth for a while until the repair work was completed.

Harof did not hold out much hope for this. The fact that the Vatican had gone to such great lengths to send someone to sneak in with a statue of an evil god undoubtedly proved that the Vatican was ready to take action against them.

"She is willing to give it up. It is at least the soul of a cardinal or even a saint." Aurora sighed.

Those who can perform this task are undoubtedly the most devout believers. Otherwise, learning magic is to break one's own faith. After all, the source of a wizard's power is to understand and summarize the laws of things and apply them.

The more you learn, the more you will inevitably doubt the "Creation" record in the Bible. Especially after learning that the goddess you believe in is actually an "evil" wizard, not many people can still firmly believe in her.

"In short, we have to consider the worst possibility and face a war!" Harov said very seriously.

…

The meeting on the war lasted for a long time. As the exact time and place were unclear, the content of the meeting only focused on the preparations before the war and how to continue hiding the wizarding land...

Several congressmen who were frightened by the evil god incident even proposed to send hundreds of alchemical ships to cruise in the foggy sea and sink any ships that dared to enter, but their ideas were quickly refuted as useless.

Firstly, the entire Misty Sea is huge, and hundreds of ships are not enough, and we also have to guard against attacks from the 'Eye of Death'.

Secondly, how can they prevent someone from escaping by boat, or even exposing the fact that the protection of the Sea of ​​Fog has failed in advance due to traces of activity?

"Senator Lin, how long does it take to build an airship?" Harrov looked at Lin and asked.

"If there are enough materials, it will probably take about a month and will require ten skilled carpenters. If there is a wizard, it can be accelerated a lot." Lin En thought for a moment and replied.

Harrov nodded. This was easier than he thought.

When he rode on the airship before, he realized the huge role of this thing in war.

Being able to fly is an advantage in itself, not to mention that this thing can fly to a height of several thousand meters and has a strong load capacity, so it can bomb the ground from a high position. However, how to deal with the Vatican's organized Griffin Knights has become the biggest problem, so it will have to undergo some alchemical transformation later.

Considering this, Harov did not buy too many at once, but cautiously asked Lin En to build fifty airships to test the waters first! Lin En also offered a friendly price of one thousand magic gold coins per ship.

Harof agreed very readily. Fifty thousand magic gold coins were nothing to the parliament.

Alchemists such as Raphael immediately became active and proposed various modification design plans at the first opportunity. Some even directly took out relevant drawings. Judging from the level of detail, Lin En didn't believe that they were made in the past two days. It was obviously planned for a long time.

After the meeting, Lin En did not leave in a hurry, but looked at several speakers.

"Lord Harov, I have another question to ask you. What exactly is the evil god?"

Lin En was very curious. In the territory of the Sekas Empire, there were many rumors about evil gods. For example, according to the propaganda of the church, wizards were all believers of evil gods and devils and had been bewitched.

Before, he thought that this was just propaganda of the church, a means to suppress wizards, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Harof did not explain directly, but asked in return, "How much do you know about psionics?"

Lin En shook his head, indicating that he knew very little.

“It seems that the legendary wizards of the [Arcane Society] did not tell you about this.” As the oldest person in the wizarding land, Vittorio took the initiative to take over the conversation and explained.

"In fact, all wizards were psychics in the beginning. They used their extraordinary mental powers to influence the material world. It's not an exaggeration to say that this was the origin of magic."

When the magic system is not yet complete, only these natural spellcasters can become wizards.

The situation at that time was far more chaotic than it is now, and the research of wizards could only be described as having no taboos. However, the prototypes of existing magic schools and methods of advancement were also developed by these original wizards in the process of exploring and understanding the world.

Later, an unknown psychic wizard discovered a secret, which is that he could increase his own mental power by devouring spirits.

This cheating-like method of increasing mental power even became the mainstream among wizards for a time.

"I guess there must be some kind of flaw in it, right?" Lynn thought thoughtfully.

“That’s right.” Vittorio nodded. The memories and power of dozens or hundreds of souls might be able to hold up, but if the number expanded to thousands or tens of thousands, even a great wizard would not be able to bear it. Many people would lose their minds or their temperaments would change drastically.

This state is also called soul pollution... It is extremely fatal to wizards, because the prerequisite for casting spells is to have a clear mind.

Of course, this method has not been completely abandoned, and countless wizards who crave power have devoted themselves to the research of psychic magic, trying to find a way to purify the pollution of the soul. Unfortunately, this is in vain.

However, some wizards have come up with gentler methods. Ella is one of the best. In her words, sincere faith is the key to connecting each other's spirits...

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